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probably not the brightest move to fly into an intersection like that just after the light turned green.

So your saying every time you go through a intersection when it just turns green, you should slow down lol? That retarded. And how do you know he was "flying" through the intersection? You dont know his speed.

One would still look both ways when entering an intersection. At least, if he/she was paying attention, he/she would have seen a car coming through via peripheral vision. By doing so, the person would have attempted to brake to minimize the collision and injury to him/herself.

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Originally Posted by sevewone

So your saying every time you go through a intersection when it just turns green, you should slow down lol? That retarded. And how do you know he was "flying" through the intersection? You dont know his speed.

So your saying every time you go through a intersection when it just turns green, you should slow down lol? That retarded. And how do you know he was "flying" through the intersection? You dont know his speed.

Lets say there was an old elderly pedestrian crossing the street but count make it through the crosswalk in time. Just because it is green does not mean you should drive through an intersection without consideration and paying attention. Yes, you should slow down when there is clearly someone present in intersection. (@11 second mark, the civic looked as if it is already in half way point, and focus was about 4 cars length away from collision).

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Originally Posted by JSALES

While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

So your saying every time you go through a intersection when it just turns green, you should slow down lol? That retarded

No, it's not retarded.

I always slow down before entering a intersection, if my light just turned green, and quickly scan both sides. You never know when some idiot's gonna run the red light and smash into you, like in the case of this video. A lot of people don't realize this until they've been in a similar accident, or someone they know have been in a similar accident....

So your saying every time you go through a intersection when it just turns green, you should slow down lol? That retarded. And how do you know he was "flying" through the intersection? You dont know his speed.

He crosses about 3.25 lanes in approximately 1 second (12:40:56 to 12:40:57) just before impact. The average driving lane is 12 feet wide, so we can estimate he was traveling approximately 39 feet per second just before impact.

So it's pretty safe to say that he entered the intersection around 50 km/h.

If he slows down to 30 before entering the intersection, this accident probably doesn't happen because the stopping distance is substantially shorter and the driver has more time to react.

Under wet conditions, the average stopping distance for a car traveling 30 is approximately 45 feet (less than 4 lanes) while, at 50 km/h, that distance increases to 105 feet (57 feet beyond the intersection).